This blog, from a project by UNICEF Pakistan and the Global Partnership for Education celebrates a new school in Balochistan, Pakistan. The UNICEF-supported temporary school construction aims to reduce the key barriers to girls’ education through building gender-sensitive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities, creating safe learning environments, especially for girls. For many children in Balochistan, temporary schools have provided their first chance to education. For others who dropped out of school earlier, it is an opportunity to rejoin and catch up.
[Blog] The “how to” of inclusive policy design
World Bank Blogs posted a blog in English and French to talk about the Inclusive Education Policy Academy (IEPA), currently focused on disability inclusion. IEPA promotes a multi-sectoral approach drawing on a variety of professional expertise, including social care and protection as well as health, among others. It identifies the important role of governments and other key stakeholders such as civil society organizations, organizations of persons with disabilities, academia, and the private sector in developing comprehensive inclusive education policies and programs. Examples of its work are given from Rwanda and Zambia.
**Deadline expired** Programme Director and Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Lead – Inclusive Quality Education (Plan International)
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi.
Duration: 5 years.
Application deadline: 16 April 2024.
Plan International is looking for a Programme Director to effectively lead a team of professionals and deliver high-quality programming and results for a 5-year programme titled “Design, Implementation Management of International Development Inclusive Education Programme”.
Plan is also looking for a Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Lead for the same project. The programme will manage the distribution of scholarships for women and girls for completing secondary school/transitioning to tertiary education and/or TVET in Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia, aiming to remove barriers to access and increase girls and women’s participation in TVET and STEM subjects.
Read more information and apply for the Director job.
Read more information and apply for the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Lead.
**Deadline expired** Technical Consultant for Inclusive Education System Strengthening in the Pacific Island Countries (UNICEF)
Location: Fiji / Pacific Island Countries.
Duration: 18 months.
Application deadline: 13 April 2024 (Fiji Standard Time).
UNICEF is looking for an individual consultant. The objective of this consultancy is to advance quality inclusive education programming in the Pacific. The consultant is expected to provide technical advice to UNICEF and to Pacific Island countries in inclusive education, including in the development and review of policies, plans and programmes, including capacity building, focused specifically on inclusive education, as well as in the technical review from an inclusion perspective in other education policies, plans and programmes, and integration of inclusion in the same.
**Deadline expired** National Consultancy: Develop effective strategies for strengthening inclusive education pedagogy in Sri Lanka (UNICEF)
Location: home-based (duty station: Colombo, Sri Lanka).
Duration: 120 days, start May 2024.
Application deadline: 14 April 2024.
UNICEF Is looking for a consultant who will be expected to explore gaps between teachers’ current and expected classroom level practices of inclusive education and existing teacher capacity building materials/modules and mechanisms related to IE. Key task 1 – Literature Review on policy framework and its operation. Key task 2 – Mapping and analysis of teacher capacity development resources. Key task 3 – Field research on teacher practices at the school environment and classroom level. Kay task 4 – Analysis and Reporting. Key task 5 – Debriefing and validation meeting.
[Seminar] The culture trap: ethnic expectations and unequal schooling for black youth
Date: 2 May 2024.
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm (UK time).
Location: University of Sussex and Zoom.
The Centre for International Education at the University of Sussex hosts an event with Derron Wallace, cultural sociologist of race, ethnicity, and education at Brandeis University, USA. Drawing on rich observations, interviews and archives in London and New York City schools, Derron Wallace suggests that the use of culture to justify Black Caribbean students’ achievement obscures the very real ways that school structures, institutional processes, and colonial conditions influence the racial, gender and class inequalities Black youth experience in schools. Wallace reveals how culture is at times used as an alibi for racism in schools, and points out what educators, parents and students can do to change the beliefs and practices that reinforce racism.
[Virtual training] Introduction to Deafness, Deaf Child Worldwide
Dates: 14, 15, 16th May.
Time: 10.30am-12.30pm UK time (each day).
Location: Three two-hour sessions on Zoom, with an online learning portal for independent study before the first Zoom.
Deaf Child Worldwide’s next training course, Introduction to Deafness, is now accepting applications!
It’s uniquely designed for professionals in organisations working with deaf children or considering doing so in developing countries. If you’re unsure regarding how to communicate with deaf children, want to know more about deaf culture and identity, or want to understand more regarding the different types of deafness – this course is for you!
Although there is no charge for the course, participants are expected to attend all of the three sessions and contribute actively.
[Webinar] Psychosocial Support for Students in Gaza
Date: 8 April 2024.
Time: 08:00 London.
Location: online.
In light of the ongoing humanitarian crisis, INEE and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) invite you to a webinar focused on supporting the psychosocial wellbeing of children in Gaza. This webinar seeks to shed light on the vital role schools and educators play in offering psychosocial support to children, once conditions permit the reopening of schools and temporary learning centers in Gaza. Panelists, including representatives from NRC, research partners, and INEE, will provide valuable insights into practical strategies for supporting the psychosocial wellbeing of children in Gaza. This webinar also serves as a call for international attention and support for the right to education in Gaza, emphasizing actionable steps that can be taken to make a meaningful difference.
*This webinar will be conducted in Arabic and English with simultaneous interpretation between these languages.
[Conference] Inclusion and Education Systems Transformation
Date: 18 April 2024.
Time: 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM UTC/ 13:00-22:00 GMT/15:00-00:00 CET.
Location: Washington, USA, remote option available.
The Center on Universal Education at Brookings will hold its annual symposium on education system transformation, co-hosted this year with Special Olympics and the Global Partnership for Education. This symposium will convene key policy and decision makers, researchers, and practitioners committed to advancing education for people with disabilities, as well as learners with IDD themselves, to address the question ”What would it take to transform education systems to be truly inclusive for learners with disabilities?”
[Videos] OCED webinars on equity in ECE and AI in accessible learning
The following OECD webinar recordings are available to watch
Diversity + Quality = Equity? A complex equation for early childhood education and care
This webinar was on the intersection of diversity and quality in Early Childhood Education and Care. The webinar took place on 4 March: Watch to discover correlations between dimensions of diversity and ECEC quality, delve into what aspects of quality matter most for diverse backgrounds, and identify policy priorities for enhanced provision.
View the webinar recording on YouTube.
Decoding the hype: can AI help create accessible and inclusive student learning?
In this OECD webinar, educators, policy makers and technology developers explore the potential of AI in creating accessible and inclusive learning environments. They will discuss personalised learning, examining how AI can support tailored educational experiences that respect diversity in classrooms, and talk about the future impacts of AI in equity and inclusion in education.